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You don’t have to be a journalist to eat here but you do get the sense of entering a private club or someone’s home as you ring the doorbell of this 18th century Lisbon building. You are warmly greeted and brought to your table in one of the many intimate little rooms or in summer, the quaint, romantic courtyard.

The service was friendly and attentive. The menu was well explained and we were more than happy with our choices and the recommended wine. The bread was delicious and the salt cod and pork main courses were really very, very good. However, as someone who normally enjoys starters more than dessert, what sticks out in my memory was the sharing dessert platter. Every little portion was amazing as the next and as for the mini candy floss, so cute! We had the most enjoyable evening and as we left, we were even handed a little surprise, his and hers keepsakes to bring home. Such a nice little touch I thought as I hopped into the Tuk Tuk bringing us to a cocktail bar in the same street.

I know that "authentic local experience" is a tired old cliche but you'll be getting something very close to it at "O Piteu" in the well away from the tourist trail Lisbon district of Graca. It's an unpretentious restaurant serving traditional local food, almost exclusively to locals, and the specialities are simply cooked fish and roast meats.

Brush up on your Portuguese though before going as they speak very little English.

Argentinian food in the middle of Lisbon, near Rosario Train Station. We both ordered the steak (tender and juicy) with flower salads. As a starter we had an excellent the cheese and arugula (around 8 euro). The house vine was good too. For dessert we had the chocolate mousse – a little bit too chocolatey for my taste. Lovely food, friendly and helpful people. Very good price quality ratio, steak costs around 20 euro, meal for 2 with wine 70-80 euro. Charming setting, very cosy inside with low lighting, great street atmosphere outside with spectacular view.

Alma was an exceptional experience from start to finish, and fully justified being one of the latest additions to Lisbon's growing list of Michelin stars. Lisbon is a very welcoming city, and it was really refreshing (to a Londoner at least) that a restaurant with such quality and elegance was equalled by the warmth and humility of the service. The tasting menu was wildly imaginative and sublimely executed, with careful explanations of not only what we were being served, but also how to go about eating it! The charismatic sommelier also deserves a mention for perfectly balanced yet affordable pairings – overall even our high expectations were greatly exceeded.

Leopold started in a temporary space with a kitchen of just one square metre, but far from being a limitation this inspired an ever-changing tasting menu of local ingredients with an impressive level of skill and invention. Now located in the beautiful Belmonte Palace in the shadow of the Castelo de São Jorge, they still have only four tables and the whole experience is incredibly personal. We were warmly welcomed and each dish was both presented and described with great care, and accompanied by expertly paired wines. Don’t miss the opportunity to take in one of the best viewpoints of the city, at Portas do Sol, on the walk back down the hill.

Finding the Museum of Puppetry closed for lunch (another brilliant place to visit!) we went in search of our own and stumbled upon this place a few doors down - the restaurant I always hope to end up in for a long lunch but rarely do. Lisbon is full of half open doorways leading to crumbling tiled bougainvillea courtyards, or music being played somewhere, and behind this one were busy tables of locals eating together, a big grill at the front cooking giant pieces of meat, squid, beautiful fish, sardines. We ordered plates of beautifully grilled fish that tasted like you hoped they would and groaned with happiness as waiters skimmed by (forgiving us for our beginners' Portuguese) and restaurant regulars enjoyed several courses in no hurry at all.

Jose Allivez's Mini Bar Teatro is a must-do for adventurous food lovers. An open mind and an appetite for exciting flavours will guide you through your experience of the 'Epic Menu' (€48.50), with staff at the restaurant encouraging you to guess ingredients and combinations as you go. From carpaccio cones and nachos with a twist, to olives which 'explode' in your mouth and the mysterious savoury "Ferrero Rocher", each course lives up to the restaurant's theatrical name.

If you've been living too much of the good life in Lisbon, then some Caldo Verde and Fado will bring you back down to Earth. Tasca do Chico, a tiny Fado bar in the bustling lanes of Bairro Alto, offers beautiful traditional music alongside comforting homecooked soup. Caldo Verde may not look much, but the simple combination of cabbage, potato, water and salt alongside the melancholy fado notes, will take you to a place you'l never forget

Pistola y Corazon is a wonderfully addictive taqueria with a tequila and mezcal inspired drinks menu. The quesadillas con frijol (melted cheese and black bean parcel) came first, followed by the birria tacos (braised lamb with chilli) and finally the classic carnitas tacos (slow cooked pork). All were absolutely delicious with plenty of food to go around. To drink, order a refreshing Chelada to complement a warm Lisbon evening. A must visit!

The delightfully mad Pedro Filipe and his gifted wife Paula cook and serve (she cooks, he serves) some of the best Portuguese food I have had in 25 years of eating it. Not wholly classical, not nearly modern, their ameijoas à Bulhão Pato add a touch of chili that makes the palate sing – while the clams hum with flavour and texture. Ingredient worship has become a commonplace in restaurants, but here the guest actually sees, and tastes, this love consummated. Surrounded by precarious piles of wine cases and bottles (the main decor), Pedro will sit down at your table, look you in the eye and propose a feast. Don’t turn him down.

Run by a vivacious senhora who feeds you as though you're one of her own, Lisboa Tu e Eu is an atmospheric hole in the wall in Lisbon's hotchpotch Alfama district. The walls are covered in doodles that tell tales of happy guests who also crunched through puffy cod fritters and ordered seconds of the exquisite octopus salad. Feel free to add to them and leave your mark on this little restaurant, just as it will leave its mark on you.

The best view and the best home cooking in Lisbon can be enjoyed at Ristorante Ponto Final. Take the 10 minute ferry ride from Cais to Sodre across the River Tagus then swing right past the fishermen towards the Ocean.Or just follow your nose, sniffing the delicious slow cooking fish stew as you get nearer.. The catch of the day, served with Alentejo bread and wine

for 15 euros is a delight, especially if you get there early and grab a table outside.

José Avillez's Mini Bar Teatro is a must-do for adventurous food lovers. An open mind and an appetite for exciting flavours will guide you through your experience of the 'Epic Menu' (€48.50), with staff at the restaurant encouraging you to guess ingredients and combinations as you go. From carpaccio cones and nachos with a twist, to olives which 'explode' in your mouth and the mysterious savoury "Ferrero Rocher", each course lives up to the restaurant's theatrical name.

In a courtyard on the Rua de Sao Lourenco, sits the Cantinho do Aziz. Plastic chairs and tables promise little but don't let that fool you. The Eastern African food gives off the smells of coconut, seafood and rich meat. The menu offers only a few dishes, each with an accompanying award story or shameless name-dropping of previous patrons. We chose chacuti de cabrito tender lamb chunks in a dark coconut sauce with coconut rice for 9 EUR, to drink, a litre of white wine for 6 EUR. Satisfyingly spicy and as tender as we’ve had, the old colonial pictures guarding the yellow walls watched as we discussed which dish we would try the next day.

Custard pastries are ubiquitous in Lisbon, but do yourself a favour and spend the extra .10c to buy them at the bakery from which they take their name and originated from in 1837. Each Pastéis de Belém is served fresh from the oven and it's outer shall has the perfect balance of crunch and flake. Each tart comes with a sachet of cinnamon and powdered sugar which you shouldn't view as either/or but instead just whack them both on top.

If you're taking away there is always a queue but it moves quickly and efficiently and if you're dining in the building contains many nooks can actually accommodate 400 patrons, so if you having at lunch then the chicken pie is a highlight, but remember: life is short, so eat dessert first.

Chef José Avillez spent a period of his training in the creativity department at El Bulli, and the influence shows through. An exploding olive dish is directly borrowed, while edible cocktails form a playful start to the meal. The experimental element is balanced by some delicate dishes with clean and clear flavours, such as an excellent prawn ceviche. Avillez has several other restaurants around the city. but this one strikes the best balance value-wise. Courteous staff are happy to make recommendations from the almost exclusively domestic wine list.

That's the most important advice; it's far too good an experience for it not to be shared. This was taken after we had finished work preparing an exhibition at the Palacio Nacional da Ajuda just up the road.

Taberna da Rua das Flores is a stone's throw from the quiet chaos of the Bairro Alto, tucked away and easily missable on an otherwise unremarkable side street. Before you've even been seated, you're floored by the warmth and atmosphere of the narrow space - and not to forget the friendliness of the staff! The waitress lovingly talked us through the entire menu, from Leitão (suckling pig) to Bacalhau (the infamous cod dish) and all the classics in between. It was a true feast for all the senses.